Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism: An introduction for occupational physicians

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-109

  Thornton, Robert ^a   Court, B ^b   Meara, J ^c   Murray, V ^d   Palmer, I ^e   Scott, R ^f   Wale, M ^g   Wright, D ^a  

^a Headquarters Fourth Division   (United Kingdom)

^b RAF Innsworth   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Royal Defense Medical College   (United Kingdom)

^f Nottingham City Hospital ^*

^g Atos Origin   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological; Bioterrorism; Chemical; Radiological and nuclear terrorism; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTHRAX VACCINE; ATROPINE; CESIUM 137; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHLORINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MUSTARD GAS DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PENICILLIN G; PHOSGENE; PLUTONIUM; PRALIDOXIME; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STREPTOMYCIN; URANIUM;

ANTHRAX; ATOMIC WARFARE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; THREAT; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTHRAX; BIOTERRORISM; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; EMERGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PLAGUE; SMALLPOX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM;

EID: 1642565203     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh025     Document Type: Review

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